Tritonia
See also: tritonia
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Tritonia (“Minerva”).
- (sea slug genus): Coined by French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist Georges Cuvier in 1797.
- (hoverfly genus): Coined by German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1800.
- (plant genus): Coined by English botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler in 1802.
- (cirriped genus): Coined by British naturalist William Turton in 1825.
- (butterfly genus): Coined by German entomologist and scientific illustrator Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer in 1832.
Proper noun
Tritonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tritoniidae – certain sea slugs.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the tritonias.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae – synonym of Temnostoma (hoverfly genus).
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the subclass Cirripedia – synonym of Triton (cirriped genus).
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – synonym of Epityches (nymphalid genus).
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- Tritonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
English
Proper noun
Tritonia